KARIM SAHIB/AFP/Getty Images Kylie Minogue headlined a spectacular $30 million mega-party in front an array of Hollywood stars at the opening of the multi-billion dollar Atlantis Palms Hotel in Dubai. …

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Kylie Minogue headlined a spectacular $30 million mega-party in front an array of Hollywood stars at the opening of the multi-billion dollar Atlantis Palms Hotel in Dubai. (Click here for pix from the event.)

The Australian singer was reportedly paid $2.25 million to perform a 10-song set on Friday as A-list guests including Robert De Niro, Charlize Theron, Janet Jackson, Denzel Washington and Dame Shirley Bassey watched on.

Endless supplies of oysters, lobster and Champagne were laid on for the 2,000-strong guests at the new ocean-themed resort located on the man-made Palm Jumeirah island.

The party also featured the world’s largest ever fireworks show that was visible from space, with a million fireworks set off to signal the launch of the monster hotel.

AP Photo / Thomas Kienzle Kylie Minogue will mark her 40th birthday on Wednesday with a family dinner in Germany. The singer is currently on her KYLIEX2008 world tour to mark her landmark birthday. …

AP Photo / Thomas Kienzle

Kylie Minogue will mark her 40th birthday on Wednesday with a family dinner in Germany.

The singer is currently on her KYLIEX2008 world tour to mark her landmark birthday.

And, on a rare day off, the star will meet with her parents Ron and Carol — who are flying in from her native Australia — for a lavish meal in Germany. Her sister, pop star Dannii Minogue, is also due to join the celebrations.

The star’s tour will resume in Munich on Thursday.

Minogue kicked off her birthday celebrations last week with an all-night party in Greece, attended by more than 100 guests.

AP Photo/Thibault Camus Australian pop star Kylie Minogue has kicked off her long awaited KYLIEX2008 tour in Paris, France. The singer, who put her career on hold in 2005 to battle breast cancer, …

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Australian pop star Kylie Minogue has kicked off her long awaited KYLIEX2008 tour in Paris, France.

The singer, who put her career on hold in 2005 to battle breast cancer, returned to the stage on Tuesday to embark on what is reported to be “the biggest tour of her career.”

The 39-year-old, who received the Chevalier dans L’ordre des Arts et Lettres from the French government in Paris on May 5, opened her show in the French capital with songs from her 2007 album “X,” and performed her own version of the Barry Manilow classic “Copacabana.”

The show has cost over $20 million to stage and includes 53 dates across Europe, which will conclude with a six-night residency at London’s O2 Arena, ending on August 2.

Kylie Minogue made a career comeback after her battle with breast cancer to prove she still had talent. The singer was forced to cancel the remainder of her 2005 Show Girl tour and a performance at …

Kylie Minogue made a career comeback after her battle with breast cancer to prove she still had talent. The singer was forced to cancel the remainder of her 2005 Show Girl tour and a performance at the U.K.’s Glastonbury festival after she was diagnosed with breast cancer.

But the pop princess was determined to return to the studio to record new album, “X,” to prove that she could still sing.

She tells Interview Magazine, “I wanted to know that I could still go into a studio and sing and perform, and thankfully all of that was like riding a bike, but actually easier, because with everything I’d been through, I felt quite liberated. And it was important for me to put some personal tracks in there, which I’ve done.

Pop star Kylie Minogue has refuted reports she has rekindled her relationship with ex-boyfriend Olivier Martinez. The couple split in 2007 after Martinez was photographed kissing Spanish actress …

Pop star Kylie Minogue has refuted reports she has rekindled her relationship with ex-boyfriend Olivier Martinez.

The couple split in 2007 after Martinez was photographed kissing Spanish actress Penelope Cruz, but the pair was rumored to be back together after they were spotting taking a romantic late-night stroll together in Paris at the end of last week.

But Minogue is adamant the meeting was innocent, and she is not dating her former flame once more.

She says, “I had dinner with my ex-boyfriend and next thing I know there’s a debate about whether we’re having a family.

“We didn’t even talk about that. As I’ve maintained, we’re friends.

And the diminutive singer insists she’s content to have a different kind of bedfellow at present — her pet dog.

She adds, “My gorgeous Sheba is the only one sleeping in my bed. I let her stay on my bed all night. In fact, she slept with me for two nights in the hotel in Paris last week.”

REUTERS/Phil McCarten (UNITED STATES) Kylie Minogue has taken the French boyfriend who broke her heart back after he promised to marry her, according to new reports. The Aussie pop superstar has been …

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Kylie Minogue has taken the French boyfriend who broke her heart back after he promised to marry her, according to new reports. The Aussie pop superstar has been spotted hanging out with actor Olivier Martinez in recent months, but has constantly dismissed rumors she’s back in her ex-lover’s arms.

But, after the former couple was spotted taking a romantic late-night stroll together in Paris at the end of last week, media sources have gone into overdrive suggesting Minogue and Martinez are an item once again. (View photos.)

A photo taken of the pair, which appeared in the British tabloids over the weekend, shows Minogue leaning playfully against the actor as he reportedly walked her back to her hotel. Britain’s Daily Mail reports the couple has reunited after Martinez spent months chasing a reconciliation, promising to settle down with the pop singer.

Martinez’s father Robert refuses to confirm or deny romance reports, but tells the Sydney Daily Telegraph, “We all love seeing Kylie in Paris, especially Olivier. She makes everybody very happy.”

Minogue and Martinez dated for four years and he helped her through a cancer battle. They split at the beginning of 2007 after the actor was photographed kissing Spanish actress Penelope Cruz, and reported to be dating model Sarai Givati.